. Chicago medical examiner . if that stage is past and the defor-mity alone is to be treated, itcan be admirably managed by theprinciple represented in Fig. consists of a steel spring en-closing the hips, shaped like thoseof trusses and attached to a brasscuriass in front, which distributestheir pressure upon the lower halfof the abdomen, and the front ofthe pelvis. From the back of thespring rise two strong elastic steelstraps, set wide enough asunderto avoid pressing on the bony pro-minences of the deformity, and to Fig 3 for Backwardmake pressure upon the common Curvature,m
. Chicago medical examiner . if that stage is past and the defor-mity alone is to be treated, itcan be admirably managed by theprinciple represented in Fig. consists of a steel spring en-closing the hips, shaped like thoseof trusses and attached to a brasscuriass in front, which distributestheir pressure upon the lower halfof the abdomen, and the front ofthe pelvis. From the back of thespring rise two strong elastic steelstraps, set wide enough asunderto avoid pressing on the bony pro-minences of the deformity, and to Fig 3 for Backwardmake pressure upon the common Curvature,mass of the erector spina? muscles on either side. The top issurmounted by a pair of elastic shoulder-braces, by which thespine is drawn back to the steel supports and thus made straight. Unfortunately, many of the patients with angular curvatureare already fatally exhausted by caries before they see thesurgeon, and cannot, in that state, tolerate the annoyance ofany apparatus whatever; but, if seen in time, the above treat-.
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